Re: [LegacyUG] .PDF versus .JPG

[L.W. Garber]

Sara,

I am using the free Foxit PDF Reader for Windows which can be found at:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

It loads much more quickly than Acrobat, but may not have quite all the 
capabilities

Len Garber


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sara Binkley Tarpley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] .PDF versus .JPG
> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:52:43 -0600
> 
> 
> Dale,
> 
> I wouldn't dream of arguing with an expert, but in my experience Web pages
> that are in PDF format usually load more slowly than those in HTML.  There
> must be something that I don't know, but all I know to do is to click on a
> link as I do with any Web page or enter the URL.  I do a lot of Googling in
> my research and often avoid a site if PDF is my only option, depending upon
> how interesting it looks to me.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Sara
> 
> On 1/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Sara and Others:
> >
> > I have been following this discussion with interest, trying to decide
> > whether I wanted to add my two cents to this discussion.
> >
> > I am a retired printer and could write a book on using the proper type of
> > files. But I will try to keep this short.
> >
> > First let me say that I am a big fan of PDF files. They are very reliable
> > and are not really slow, when used in the proper way.
> >
> > As to the application (scanned census page) that started this discussion,
> > no do not use a PDF(Portable Document File). The key thing here is document
> > not image. If the file is a scanned file i.e. image or picture then a JPG
> > or TIF would be the desired format.
> >
> > A PDF is used to transport a whole page or pages of a document. It is
> > usually the result of printing a document not scanning it. While it may
> > contain images(pictures) it is usually mostly text. It should be noted that
> > most of the printed items that you received in the mail were probably a PDF
> > file at sometime.
> >
> > As to using PDFs as web pages, the display will be somewhat slower then a
> > jpeq, if the PDF was printed and not scanned it will generally be clearer.
> >
> > The advantage of  making PDF files rather the making HTML files is that
> > the PDF file is a single file.
> >
> > I could go on, but that should be enough for now.
> >
> > Dale
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: "Sara Binkley Tarpley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Personally I dislike pdf files, finding them slow to load and unreliable.
> >
> > Sara Binkley Tarpley
> >
> >
> 
> 
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